Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-25

this crest republic must content these
tOilers. IN Minnesota snd lows, whose
unfortunate laIOrers come in direct com
petition with the psuper labor of Europe,
the highest wages are paid. There We
hear Of 70 strikes or notes Of discomfort.
The employer and employed are friends
aud the laborer more often enjoys the in
dependence Of his own home. It is the
tenement houses that shelter the "pro-
tecfCd."
Your honorable colleague, Senator
Chsce of Rhode Island, is one who lifts
his voiCein behsli OF protecting AmeriCsn
labor, whose welfare be has &C heart and
whose condition &c tXtGls His gifted
cousin, living among the operatives OF his
employ, has pictured to Us in her notable
and pathetic stories the actual existence
Of mill hands. Pardon Us if we accept
the realistic rather than The fancifuI ylew'
OF the case. The City Of Holyoke IS &
protection stronghold. The same excuse
for the t6nf ax,lhat protects American
| labor, obtains there. II masters rot that
such labOr has largely been compelled 70
give way to the cheaper service CT the
Frerch Canadian. A lower type OF living
prevails and, when the annual ballot on
license is taken, you may count on Holy
oke'5 voting Eyes" by laIge majority.
Wherever snd whenever the protected
manufacturer CT New England Can reduce
the price Of labor by importation,
whether from Canada or Great
BritaiE, re does not hesit1te. II view of
these lsctF. which lack the glow and
color CT ideal thee ries, tell Us wherein we
are wrong when we assert that labor as
the one commodity that is unprotected ii
tdis COUNTRY? Deprived OF single
benz f. in the way of increased wages, it
has no power to escape the heavy taxa
ton that bears more heavily upon its
shoulders than upon any other class. Il
is this discrimination against labor which
makes the tariff odious to Us
Pardon the triteness Of these observa-
tons, and deem them not Gisrespectful to
your Intelligence. Perhaps you can ex-
pose the fsllscg which eludes US who are
honestly trying to grasp it. The newspa-
pers report that Hon. George B. LoriEg
Of Salem, on reading the Pres DENTS mes
sage, expressed the hope that you would
| be led to refute il in an exhaustive and
mastery speech. | share in his desire,
and shall listen with eagerness for the
demonstration on this subject which
your speeches hitherto have not supplied.
A GENERATION OF VOTERS
has grown to manhood since the war.
Adhering 10 the Republican party as the
party of great ideas aud principles, msnV
o. the yOurg ne1 pause in Consternstion
ct It's seeming neglect of both. They
have waited in the hope that the keynote
Of fresh campaign, based on live insues,
would emanate from the old camp Of free
dom. At last they recognize It's revivify-
r~Y1t. wa oil SrTY
the quarter where oppression was wont
to be intranched. Although beWlldered,
they cannot follow the leaders VINO,
while dealing in glorious memories,
ere blind to the demands Of
the time. 1t is impossible for them
not to honor President who transcends
his party, nor &c effect respect for the
shifty and meritricious politician, whose
predominant instinct is to side with popu-
lar prejudice, unmindful of the invisible
currents Of science, ard who, from his
foreign C0iga of vantage, telegraphs his
demegogical bid Tor the presidential sac
csssi0n.
have confined myself with purpose to
3 single point of the discussion, because
il IS the humane gsrb with which rapacity
seeks to disguise Itself. Every industry
drawing its tribute from the people will
protest with feryor against diminishing
the dangerous treasury surplus by
Absting protective duties and urge
the importance CT wipiDg out instead,
tee revenue tsXes. The law which covers
into the treasury the bulk o; its eTac-
tions-taking from the people 10 return
TO the people--is 10 be made obnoxious.
Tie law which legislates the tax from the
consumers to the producers pocket must
| be preserved IN the abused name OF labor.
beg 10 express the hope that, with the
issue defined, you will DC led to re-exsm-
he your grounds of opposition to COM
unercial freedom. Nor is it easy 70 be
lieve that you can advocate cause which
is solely selfish and does not represent
virtue or an idee to the human race.
Yours, with sincere respect,
WIALIAM LLOYD GARRISON.
Boston, Dec. Ia 1887.